Chapter 91: Assumptions (1/2)

Chapter 91: Assumptions

His mind instantly went blank. Su Chen stared at Gu Qingluo as if his brain had suddenly stopped working.

At that moment, he felt like a person who had been sneaking food but was caught by his wife. There was some panic, restlessness, and melancholy.

But an instant later, that feeling disappeared.

Because Gu Qingluo turned away.

She didn’t look back at Su Chen when she left.

Su Chen felt his heart sink.

He felt a bit of liberation and comfort, but he felt more grief and indignation.

Zhu Xianyao was unaware of Su Chen’s emotional turmoil. She pulled on his arm and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Oh, nothing.” Su Chen seemed to snap out of his daze. “Let’s keep going. We can talk about it as we go.”

The three of them left, and the students who were surrounding them slowly dispersed when they saw that nothing exciting would happen.

After everyone had disappeared, Gu Qingluo reemerged from the small forest.

She stared at Su Chen’s departing figure, tears rolling down her face.

She cried for a long time before leaving on her own.

However, she didn’t know that not long after she disappeared, the beautiful woman from the Zhu Clan, Yanniang, suddenly reappeared.

Zhu Yanniang gazed at Gu Qingluo’s fading figure and laughed, “Interesting. It seems that we’ve discovered a hidden clue.”

A voice coldly harrumphed, “She’s just an insignificant lover. What use could she possibly have?”

“Who can say what will happen? If everything goes according to plan, this kind of discovery naturally won’t be of any use. But if……” Zhu Yanniang stopped speaking.

The cold voice said, “You think that something might happen? He’s just an insignificant junior. If it weren’t for the fact that we need him to take down the notice, we would have wiped him out a long time ago.”

“This is still the Hidden Dragon Institute. It’s better to remain cautious.”

“Don’t worry about it. There are people who will deal with the Hidden Dragon Institute, and I will take care of Shi Kaihuang. All you need to do is focus on dealing with Su Chen.”

“But even so, I still feel like the matter is not as simple as we think it is for some reason,” Zhu Yanniang said, her eyebrows knitted together in deep thought.

“You’re overthinking things. There’s no point,” the cold voice said before it slowly disappeared.

Zhu Yanniang sighed and didn’t say anything.

High-level troubles would be dealt with by high-level people. Her main mission was to deal with Su Chen. If she couldn’t do that, it would be considered a failure on her part.

As she thought of this, she began to walk lightly towards the Origin Energy Tower.

At that moment, Su Chen, Zhu Xianyao, and Zhu Chen had already entered the Origin Energy Tower. They laughed as they talked, and it seemed like all of their previous discord had disappeared like a cloud of smoke. After Zhu Xianyao had agreed to Su Chen’s conditions, the situation had stabilized.

“So can we go to the Dreamrealm now to take down the notice?” Zhu Xianyao asked as she wrapped herself around Su Chen’s arm.

“Are you in that much of a hurry?” Su Chen asked.

“It costs my mother tens of thousands of Origin Stones every day the notice is up. Becoming a Tier Five Dream Official is quite impressive. A single Adamantine Battle Body ruined all of our plans,” Zhu Xianyao replied. At the very least, the words she had just said were sincere.

Although both the Horizontal Mountain Zhu Clan and their businesses were large, allowing them to afford this price, losing tens of thousands of origin Stones every day was not easy to endure.

“Okay. Please wait for a moment.” Su Chen nodded in agreement.

Just as they were about to enter his room, however, they were suddenly accosted by a loud noise.

The three of them turned around in shock to find that a person had suddenly charged into the room from a side door. It was Iron Cliff.

Iron Cliff stumbled forward, his body covered in blood. He yelled, “Master!”

“Iron Cliff!” Su Chen rushed to his side. “What happened?”